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- punctuation - Apostrophe vs. Single Quote - English Language Usage . . .
An apostrophe is typically interchangeable with a single-close-quote, but it can be different within a more specialized font face One could be forgiven for using a neutral single quote in a pinch (an abhorrent anachronism of mechanical typewriters)
- apostrophe - Is it mens or mens? And whats the rule? - English . . .
While you're in school you can spell it men's (also women's, children's, oxen's, sheep's, deer's) with just plain old Apostrophe-S You can't tell the singular from the plural possessive in speech, so there's no reason to do it in writing, either
- English notation for hour, minutes and seconds
Note that a prime ′ is not a straight-apostrophe ' or a printer's apostrophe ’, although straight-apostrophes are a reasonable approximation and printer's apostrophes do occur as well Share Improve this answer
- Plurals of acronyms, letters, numbers — use an apostrophe or not?
There are one or two cases in which it is acceptable to use an apostrophe to form a plural, purely for the sake of clarity: you can use an apostrophe to show the plurals of single letters: I've dotted the i's and crossed the t's Find all the p's in appear you can use an apostrophe to show the plurals of single numbers: Find all the number 7’s
- apostrophe - Guys, guy’s, or guys’ (guys’) - English Language . . .
The use of the apostrophe defines ownership of one or more people So, if there is only one "guy" involved, the phrase would be "your guy's favorite cars " If, however, there is more than one "guy" involved, the phrase would be "your guys' favorite cars "
- What is the short form for little ? Is it lil or lil?
"Lil" is a kind of prefix and is the short form of "little" It is often spelled with an apostrophe as "Lil'" or "Li'l" When used as a prefix in comic or animation it can refer to a specific style of drawing where the characters appear in a chubby, childlike style
- Which one is correct: bachelors and masters degrees, or without . . .
It is not a duplicate I know there is apostrophe in master's degree, and there is no apostrophe in doctoral degree However, I'm not sure if there are apostrophes in formulation "bachelor's and master's degrees", or it should be "bachelor and master degrees" –
- apostrophe - The Joness, Joneses, or Jones? - English Language . . .
Mr Jones has an ornmanent Mr Jones' ornament looks nice (possessive option #1) Mr Jones's ornament looks nice
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